Verse 1 Left the TV on for noise Blue light flickers on the wall You were laughing at your phone Didn’t hear me when I called Kitchen counter, 2AM Half a glass of something sweet We were leaning on the silence Like it owed us anything Pre-Chorus You said, “It’s nothing, it’s just timing” I said, “Timing’s all we’ve got” We were standing in the doorway Of a house we never bought Chorus It was almost love Almost enough Almost something we could talk about In a different month It was almost us Close but not quite Like a song I never finished But I play some nights Verse 2 Your jacket’s still behind the door I don’t move it, just in case Like if fabric keeps its shape Maybe we can do the same I don’t miss you every day Just in ordinary ways Like when someone says your name And I look up anyway Pre-Chorus You said, “We’re better off as strangers” Like that’s easy to become We were good at almost everything Except what we were from Chorus It was almost love Almost enough Almost something we could talk about In a different month It was almost us Close but not right Like a song I never finished But I hum at night Outro I could’ve kept it Put it on the shelf Call it closure Call it something else But it’s just a line I never wrote Just a quiet little Almost
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